be puzzled
Frequency: 8.525.1 per million words
Used to describe the state of being confused.
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Examples (10)
- We were more and more puzzled by the minute.
- I was beginning to get a little puzzled.
- She seemed puzzled by the question.
- He looked puzzled when he heard the news.
- They became puzzled as the situation unfolded.
- The detective felt puzzled by the lack of clues.
- You sound puzzled; what's on your mind?
- The audience looked puzzled by the abstract art.
- He got puzzled trying to assemble the furniture.
- I remain puzzled about why he left so abruptly.